Yesterday I completed the video recording of an eighth study course in the New Life Behavior (NLB) materials. These materials are used primarily in prison ministry. I am working on this project in conjunction with NLB of Oklahoma and have now completed 105 lessons. (Each course has 13 lessons, except that one of the courses we have recorded had 14 lessons.)
For each one of the video lessons, NLB of Oklahoma does a first printing of 300 copies of the lesson materials, plus some additional study sheets which allow students to answer questions concerning the materials. Some quick math shows that the project has the potential for over 30000 student sessions. Because there are sometimes two inmates in a cell, and they can share the printed lesson materials when they receive individual study sheets, the impact of the recorded and printed materials is often doubled. Students view the videos when they attend a New Life Behavior course taught in the prison where they are housed.
In addition to the classes and studies which occur in various prisons in Oklahoma, the videos can also be broadcast on the closed-TV systems in many prisons, potentially reaching even more with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Pray for this effort, for NLB of Oklahoma, for the work of NLBI generally, and for those who are imprisoned–especially those who are our brothers and sisters in Christ. [Oklahoma has a large percentage of the populated incarcerated, and leads the nation in the incarceration of women.]